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Saturday, Jul 4, 2009
Thanks for the etymology of pickananny. I flinched to even use it because, when I was young, I saw it on postcards that might depict a string of young black children, all smiling and eating watermelon, with a caption that might say: Dem pickannies shur do loves dere watermelon!
In my ignorance of its etymology, I was afraid it might have a more noxious origin, although association with the slave trade does forever taint it.
The Wasilla soap opera just gets weirder as Palin complains critics are "picking apart a good point guard"
The media outlet's use of Bush euphemisms sparks a much-needed debate on journalistic standards.
And so are his Fox News pals, who lambasted Sen. Al Franken's "stolen election"
An inflexible right wing is allowing the Golden State to drown in debt. But it's not alone
Thanks for sharing, Governor. Now please take a cue from Norm Coleman, and go away
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